Intex Aqua Ace Review: Specifications Aren't Everything

Simply a short time after reviewing the Intex Aqua Development (Assessment Footage), we’ve one other mannequin from the identical firm in our palms for evaluate. The Aqua Development underwhelmed us, particularly contemplating what number of robust options can be found at and even under the identical worth. Intex is well-known for promoting low-value however considerably flimsy merchandise, particularly PC peripherals. Nevertheless, lots of corporations have managed to drive costs down within the smartphone business with out compromising on options or supplies, and so Intex’s basic components won’t do it any good right here.

In the present day, we’ve a barely extra premium mannequin, the Intex Aqua Ace, in for assessment. Priced at Rs. 12,999, this telephone will discover itself going up towards some very polished, premium merchandise. We’re hoping Intex can impress us and present that it is capable of compete in a market very totally different to the one it has thrived in to date.

Feel and appearInstantly upon opening its field, we’re struck by how by-product the design of the Intex Aqua Ace is. The metallic rim operating across the sides is very harking back to Sony’s product lineup (with hints of Apple thrown in) and has been utilized by a number of producers through the years. Choosing it up for the primary time, we have been struck by how mild this telephone felt – it is all plastic, together with the rim. Whereas some telephones handle to really feel reassuring despite the fact that they’re mild, this one feels fairly insubstantial.

Our white and gold assessment unit seems to be okay, nevertheless it will not flip heads. The entrance is sort of plain, apart from the earpiece and black patches the place the entrance digital camera and sensors are. The display has slender borders on the edges, and the world under it’s clean due to using on-display buttons. The rear is sort of minimalist; fortunately devoid of garish branding.

The Micro-USB port for knowledge and charging is up on prime, subsequent to the usual 3.5mm audio socket. There look like two speaker grilles on the underside, although solely certainly one of them is definitely a speaker – the opposite is just for symmetry. The facility and quantity buttons are on the fitting, positioned barely decrease than we might have favored. Additionally on the correct is a tray for a microSD card. Mirroring it on the left is one other tray which may maintain two Micro-SIM playing cards. At the very least you do not have to sacrifice one SIM for extra storage, or vice versa.

The back and front are apparently manufactured from Gorilla Glass 3, and we discovered that the Aqua Ace, very similar to a few of Sony’s fashions, slid round approach too simply when mendacity flat on a desk. We have been disenchanted to see that the plastic rim across the edges began choosing up scuffs and scratches inside a day of completely atypical utilization.

We might advocate utilizing the bundled snap-on flip cowl if it had been a bit of extra engaging. Apparently, the flip cowl has a big clear panel which helps you to use the touchscreen by means of it. It isn’t very clean, however ok for selecting up calls or shortly checking notifications. It additionally stays shut with a magnet, and the telephone can flip the display on or off mechanically whenever you flip it open or closed.

SpecsIntex has gone with a comparatively trendy quad-core, 1.3GHz MediaTek MT6735 processor. One of many telephone’s most loudly touted options is that it comes with 3GB of RAM, which isn’t widespread at this worth degree. There’s additionally 16GB of storage (of which simply over 10GB is consumer accessible), and fortunately microSD card help goes all the best way as much as 128GB. There isn’t any USB-OTG help – an odd omission.

Whereas 3GB of RAM could be spectacular on paper, we’re disenchanted to see the tradeoffs. Intex has for some purpose chosen a 720×1280-pixel Amoled panel, which is now fairly unimpressive for a 5-inch display at this worth degree. The display is grainy and uninteresting, with affordable viewing angles however poor daylight visibility. You’ll be able to instantly really feel that this display is under par.

LTE is supported on Band 40 to be used on present Indian networks. All the things else is pretty normal: there’s Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.zero and even FM radio. The rear digital camera has a 13-megapixel sensor and the one in entrance has a 5-megapixel sensor. The battery is in fact sealed in, and its comparatively low capability of 2300mAh has us somewhat cautious.

The Aqua Ace comes with Android 5.1 with minimal beauty customisation, principally for the more severe. The default icon set is sort of ugly. There’s additionally a customized keyboard which we discovered troublesome to make use of, and we disabled it virtually instantly. There’s an choice to cover any app of your selecting, however not with a password or PIN – you simply should hope nobody discovers the function themselves.

There are a number of preloaded apps together with Auto Name Document, which is fairly self-explanatory; Info, an inventory of a few of the telephone’s specs; Intex Service, which helps you find a service centre; and one referred to as Tethering & Moveable Hotspot which is nothing however a shortcut to that web page within the Settings app. In any other case, there’s solely the standard Google apps.

EfficiencyAs already said, the Intex Aqua Ace’s display didn’t impress us a lot. It is good sufficient for many functions however we have seen lots higher at this worth degree. We had a problem with the telephone heating up, even when nothing notably hectic was happening. It truly turned a bit uncomfortable to carry at occasions. One other odd discovering was that the telephone did not appear to have the ability to decide up 4G service in locations that different telephones have persistently labored positive. The SAR score of 1.070W/kg is slightly greater than common.

We have been stunned to detect slight stutter in our 720p video information which in any other case play completely on just about each telephone lately. At the very least one 1080p check video had irregular artefacts and couldn’t play with out tearing. The inbuilt speaker delivered muddy, distorted sound even at low quantity ranges. The bundled headset is completely dreadful for music however okay for voice calls.

Benchmark checks have been fairly good throughout. We scored 13,683 general in Quadrant and 28,397 in AnTuTu. Graphics exams have been additionally fairly good, with 3,211 factors in 3DMark Ice Storm Excessive and 15fps in GFXbench, although the latter is definitely defined by the low-res display.

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The cameras turned out to be main disappointments as nicely. Photographs taken in daylight had a excessive danger of popping out poorly targeted. Particulars have been misplaced and there was a usually synthetic high quality to the best way the whole lot seemed. Even excessive shut-ups could not make up for the digital camera’s shortcomings. Photographs taken indoors have been far worse, and we quickly gave up on making an attempt to take any respectable pictures at night time. The flash was overpowering sufficient to spoil photographs.

Then again, we had a very nice shock when our video loop battery check stored going for 10 hours, 14 minutes. We had been anticipating a lot much less contemplating the comparatively low battery capability.

VerdictIntex is making an attempt to push this telephone with the angle that 3GB of RAM is path-breaking at this worth vary, however to be trustworthy, it does not make any distinction. We might a lot somewhat have had a greater show and construct high quality. We had our doubts about how lengthy this telephone might potential run, however battery life turned out to be a pleasing shock.

All issues thought-about, it appears that Intex has nonetheless not managed to good its method. There are higher telephones available at this worth level and even under it, reminiscent of the marginally bigger Lenovo K3 Observe (Evaluation Footage), the Xiaomi Mi 4i (Evaluation), and the Motorola Moto G (Gen 3) (Evaluation).

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